Memphis native isn’t ‘caught up in the lights’ as he leads Marquette in March Madness
Marquette guard Kam Jones (1) goes to the basket against Villanova forward Eric Dixon (43) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinal round of the Big East Conference tournament, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Kam Jones, a former Evangelical Christian School star, has helped Marquette reach the Sweet 16.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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